ARCHITECTURE IMPACT
Connecting house + garden
Many things can influence our landscape design, but sometimes the most impactful source of inspiration is the architecture right in front of us.
The house is often the most prominent feature on the site and, in turn, provides many elements to help us build a solid foundation for outdoor spaces, such as colors, materials and overall style. When you design a garden inspired by site architecture you create a cohesive aesthetic and harmonious geometry, plus provide a lovely framework for scale and proportion. Everything seems to fit together beautifully.
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Let's explore this amazing topic further!
Garden above in Memphis, Tennessee and gardens below in Charleston, South Carolina.
GOODNESS FOR YOU THIS MONTH
Below you will find several items to help you learn more about ARCHITECTURE IMPACT. From written words to video to applied activities to our Design Library resources to group discussions. Explore our topic from different angles and gain a new perspective. Click on the images below to download PDFs of your Garden Design Guide and Activity. Further down you will find a video and links to our community, two bonus live sessions, plus a Q+A too!
VIDEO: Architectural Influences in Garden Design
The video, hosted by P. Allen Smith, discusses how architecture can inspire our gardens. I especially love how he explores the connection of indoors to outdoors through garden rooms, using plants with strong architectural forms and the power of containers and window boxes for structure and accent.
RESOURCES in our DESIGN LIBRARY
The GARDEN DESIGN GUIDES below are beautiful resources to help strengthen your overall understanding of ARCHITECTURE IMPACT...or perhaps you'd like to visit the entire DESIGN LIBRARY here.
GARDEN ROOMS
Garden rooms are the basic unit of landscape design and an important concept to understand as you make connections between indoor and outdoor spaces.
LINES OF FORCE
This Garden Design Guide explains a technique to build strong geometry and lines in your landscape, while also unifying it with existing architecture.
SENSE OF PLACE
Creating a sense of place in landscape design involves a deep understanding of the site's history, architecture, ecology, and cultural context, as well as, the thoughtful integration of these elements into your design.
COLOR HARMONY
Color harmony in garden design refers to the strategic use of color to create a balanced, pleasing, and aesthetically cohesive outdoor space. Your architecture can be a building block in your color palette.
MOOD BOARDS
A mood board is a collection of images that convey the mood you are are hoping to provide in a proposed design. It helps you focus as a designer, plus it communicates your vision to a client to get an initial reaction.
OUR COMMUNITY
Don't forget to hang out with us this month.
Check in to share your activity. Try it yourself and/or learn from the submissions of your peers. No need to stress. Just enjoy!
ARCHITECTURE IMPACT MOODBOARD
Learn more about ARCHITECTURE IMPACT via creating your own moodboard.
Share a win!
What have you accomplished in the last month that makes you super happy? Let us celebrate with you!
Do you have a question?
Do you have a question on this month's topic or another design question? Let's all learn together!
LIVE SESSIONS
We have three this month: our normal Q+A, plus two guest speakers. These will be recorded in case you can't make it (then posted right back here). Check out all UPCOMING MEETUPS here. I can't wait to see you!
A Discussion on Strategies to Reach New Clients with Tina Krug
We'd love to have you join this discussion on how to reach new clients. Tina has moved her design company several times (in different states) and has the magical ability to build a successful client base every time.
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Tina is the owner of Red Fern Landscape Design in Adel, Iowa, the current APLD Virtual Chapter President, and an Assistant Teaching Professor at Iowa State in Landscape Design, Installation, and Management.
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You can visit her company here: https://redfernlandscape.com/
Tuesday, December 3
3 PM PST | 4 PM MST | 5 PM CST | 6 PM EST
London: 11 PM GMT
Sydney: December 4 at 10 AM AEDT
An Introduction to Morpholio Trace with Henry Gao
Henry Gao will be visiting with us to give a brief introduction to Morpholio Trace...another tablet program option to draw your designs digitally. We've planned for 90 minutes to accommodate questions.
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You can visit Henry's website here:
Friday, December 13
10 AM PST | 11 AM MST | Noon CST | 1 PM EST
London: 6 PM GMT
Sydney: December 14 at 5 AM AEDT
Monthly Q+A
Let's catch up on this month's topic, plus share our activities on Architecture Impact. I can't wait to see you!
Thursday, December 19
North America: 8 AM PST | 9 AM MST | 10 AM CST | 11 AM EST
London: 4 PM GMT
Sydney: December 20 at 3 AM AEDT
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